CHIROCEPHALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chirocephalus mean? 

• CHIROCEPHALUS (noun)
  The noun CHIROCEPHALUS has 1 sense:

1. fairy shrimp; brine shrimp

  Familiarity information: CHIROCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIROCEPHALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fairy shrimp; brine shrimp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus

Hypernyms ("Chirocephalus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Chirocephalus"):

fairy shrimp (small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back)

Artemia salina; brine shrimp (common to saline lakes)

Holonyms ("Chirocephalus" is a member of...):

Anostraca; order Anostraca (small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps)